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The Derogatory Use of ‘Denialist’

The Derogatory Use of ‘Denialist’

Aug 22, 2023
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Members of Canada’s intelligentsia — university professors, indigenous leaders, aboriginal advisors and lobbyists, and elected politicians — have weaponized the terms “Survivor” and “Denialist” in order to stifle, even criminalize dissent.

Still, courageous and gifted thinkers and writers like Brian Giesbrecht and James Pew refuse to be silenced despite the penalties involved, as the following thought provoking piece they wrote and have kindly allowed me to reproduce below, shows.

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